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Thanks to all the reporters for the excellent work! This report - contains 31 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.

+ contains 32 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.

The deadline for submissions covering between July and September 2013 @@ -1781,4 +1781,62 @@ functionality through pkg(8). existing committer received extension in this quarter.

+ + + Newcons Reboot + + + + + Aleksandr + Rybalko + + ray@FreeBSD.org + + + + +

The purpose of the Newcons project is to provide a new + interface for console and video output to graphic devices. This + will allow simple drivers access the console and terminal mode + early, and framebuffer access for xorg. Drivers will + not need embedded font bitmaps, color maps, or mouse cursor + bitmaps, as the whole infrastructure will be provided by the + vt(4) Newcons driver.

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As the project includes Kernel Mode Setting (KMS) integration, + one of the goals is support for modern Xorg releases, allowing + the kernel to switch back to virtual terminal mode after + graphics mode or resolution used with xorg changes.

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There are a lot of changes involved in the project. Main tasks + include:

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The first deliverables of the project, including + moused(8), ukbd(4), and KMS support are expected + to arrive around the middle or end of August 2013. The whole + project is expected to complete in November 2013.

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This project is being sponsored by The &os; Foundation.

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Many thanks to Ed Schouten who started Newcons project and did + most of the work.

+ + + + Provide different flavors of hardware for testing the + implementation. Do not hesitate to volunteer when a call for + testing is announced. + +